蜻蛉

Chinese

		dragonfly
trad. (蜻蛉)		蜻	蛉
simp. #(蜻蛉)		蜻	蛉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnglíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ling⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhân-eⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnglíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinglíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-ling²
    • Yale: chīng-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingling
    • Palladius: цинлин (cinlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: chīng lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-eⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshân-enn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhan'vef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² ẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² ẽ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² ɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ ẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ ẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蜻蛉

1. damselfly, lacewing

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• 蜻蜓

Noun

蜻蛉(とんぼ) or 蜻蛉(トンボ) or 蜻蛉(とんぼう) or 蜻蛉(トンボウ) • (tonbo or tonbō) ^{←とんばう (tonbau)?}

1. dragonfly

Derived terms

• 竹蜻蛉(たけとんぼ) (taketonbo): a bamboo dragonfly/bamboo-copter; a toy.
• 黄蜻蛉 (キトンボ, ​kitonbo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蛉(あきず) or 蜻蛉(アキズ) or 蜻蛉(あきつ) or 蜻蛉(アキツ) • (akizu or akitsu) ^{←あきづ (akidu)?}

1. (archaic) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative spelling of 秋津

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蛉(えんば) or 蜻蛉(エンバ) • (enba) ^{←ゑんば (wenba)?}

1. (archaic) dragonfly

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
せい Hyōgaiji	れい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻(せい)蛉(れい) or 蜻蛉(セイレイ) • (seirei) 

1. dragonfly

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蛉(かげろう) or 蜻蛉(カゲロウ) or 蜻蛉(かぎろう) or 蜻蛉(カギロウ) • (kagerō or kagirō) ^{←かげろふ,かぎろふ (kagerofu, kagirofu)?}

1. (archaic) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative spelling of 蜉蝣